AP voters punish #Clemson for loss to Duke

Clemson remains a top 25 team in the AP ranking following their loss to Duke Monday night, but just barely. The Tigers, who were ninth in the pre-season poll, are #25 this week. Their highest ranking by a voter was 14th, and 33 of the voters left the Tigers out of the top 25 altogether. The last time Clemson was not ranked in an AP poll was in 2021.

Georgia remains #1 in the ranking receiving 58 of the 63 first place votes. Michigan is second followed by Alabama, Florida State and Ohio State. The rest of the top ten are Southern Cal, Penn State, Washington, Tennessee and Notre Dame.

AP Ranking

Rank	Team	Record	Points (No. 1 votes)
1	Georgia	1-0	1,589 (58)
2	Michigan	1-0	1,485 (2)
3	Alabama	1-0	1,424
4	Florida State	1-0	1,384 (3)
5	Ohio State	1-0	1,308
6	USC	2-0	1,255
7	Penn State	1-0	1,212
8	Washington	1-0	1,107
9	Tennessee	1-0	975
10	Notre Dame	2-0	967
11	Texas	1-0	935
12	Utah	1-0	919
13	Oregon	1-0	823
14	LSU	0-1	706
15	Kansas State	1-0	579
16	Oregon State	1-0	558
17	North Carolina	1-0	551
18	Oklahoma	1-0	426
19	Wisconsin	1-0	407
20	Ole Miss	1-0	379
21	Duke	1-0	343
22	Colorado	1-0	269
23	Texas A&M	1-0	267
24	Tulane	1-0	241
25	Clemson	0-1	141

Coaches Top 25 Poll

Rank	Team	Record	Points (No. 1 votes)
1	Georgia	1-0	1,647 (63)
2	Michigan	1-0	1,534 (1)
3	Alabama	1-0	1,515 (2)
4	Ohio State	1-0	1,422
5	Florida State	1-0	1,388
6	USC	2-0	1,283
7	Penn State	1-0	1,216
8	Washington	1-0	1,115
9	Tennessee	1-0	1,099
10	Texas	1-0	957
11	Notre Dame	2-0	950
12	Utah	1-0	924
13	Oregon	1-0	904
14	LSU	0-1	738
15	Kansas State	1-0	630
16	North Carolina	1-0	546
17	Oklahoma	1-0	543
18	Oregon State	1-0	499
19	Wisconsin	1-0	445
20	Ole Miss	1-0	411
21	Clemson	0-1	287
22	Tulane	1-0	255
23	Texas A&M	1-0	236
24	Duke	1-0	222
25	Colorado	1-0	161